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Version: 10.0

Overview

ProcessForce enhances Material Requirements Planning (MRP) in SAP Business One, leveraging its built-in features for seamless production planning and order management.

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If you experience delays when opening the MRP Wizard with ProcessForce enabled, consider setting up Direct Data Access mode. This can improve response time, especially in systems with a large number of Item Master Data records.

Click here to learn how to set up Direct Access mode for a specific database.


Introduction

ProcessForce integrates with the SAP Business One MRP Wizard and Order Recommendation forms, maintaining familiar workflows while adding advanced manufacturing functionality.

  • The MRP Wizard runs as it would in SAP Business One.
  • The Order Recommendation form enables the creation of ProcessForce Manufacturing Orders.
  • Manufacturing Orders are scheduled using backward scheduling, ensuring production aligns with required due dates.

Configuration

To see configuration details, visit the Enable Synchronization and MRP-related configuration within General Settings.

Operation

  • Run the MRP Wizard in the regular manner

    MRP Wizard

  • Save Recommendations at the end of the MRP run

  • Select Order Recommendation from the context menu

    Order Recommendation

  • Select which Production Order to create

  • Press "Update" button

    Order Recommendation Update

  • The system displays a confirmation message with the number of orders created.

    System Message

  • A report listing all documents created using the Order Recommendation option is displayed at the end of the document creation

    Created Recommendations

  • Manufacturing Order is created:

    • its status is set to Scheduled
    • Scheduled Backwards from the Required Date

    Manufacturing Order